A governor-mandated budget cut of about 4 percent will mean fewer prosecutors splitting a growing number of cases across the state and the probable loss of 11 prosecutors from ranks in Hillsborough County. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA - A governor-mandated budget cut of about 4 percent will mean fewer prosecutors splitting a growing number of cases across the state and the probable loss of 11 prosecutors from ranks in Hillsborough County. ...more

June 24, 2008

The fundraising gap between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama narrowed in May as they raised nearly the same amount of money and ended the month in similar cash positions. ...more

June 22, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - In an attempt to identify a man who robbed a SunTrust bank on Monday, police have released surveillance images of the robbery. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA - A 35-year-old man is accused of striking a friend in the face with a shovel during a robbery. Eric Ernsberger, of 10706 N. Central Ave., was held at Orient Road Jail this morning, charged with felony robbery and felony aggravated battery. His bail was set at $23,513, jail records show. ...more

May 29, 2008

Leave it to Hernando County government to redefine ethics and the law when it comes to dealing with insiders who get caught with their hands in the taxpayers' cookie jar. ...more

May 21, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Superintendent Heather Fiorentino hopes to deal with an anticipated $16 million shortfall in the school district's 2008-09 budget with hiring freezes and other cost-saving efforts. ...more

May 19, 2008

This thing we call life is amazing. We rush around, so driven by the urgency of the mundane, we often miss little miracles that happen all around us every day. But, now and then, things come together in a manner too serendipitous to be random. It's strange and spooky … and wonderful. "The exact amount of money you desperately need arrives out of nowhere just in the nick of time. "You turn around and run into someone you were just thinking about who, otherwise, hasn't crossed your mind, or your path, in years. ...more

May 17, 2008